Saturday 23 May 2020

Liv Three

Water runs softly, there's a need for grace, to bathe my swollen feet, restrained in my moans, I settle for this place, heart against bone, glad to leave the city, blown here by rain, all that's within me, sits at this grotto, where words fail, how to atone, for all the grim testimony, offered me this day, the price derisory, the stupid jokes alone, the useless games, discretion with clothes, I want to receive, to throw away the cage, delight in this birth, sunshine on my face.

Friday 22 May 2020

Liv Two

Tunes jingle and you sway, my insides screech, got to make my case, between home and missing you, help me to say, what I need to do, my tear-streaked face, lemon blue by the sea, shows how It’s fate, to kill the truth, by our own conceit, through our many loops, others come late, eager to squeeze, love from this party, they re-echo the news, a coward's retreat, how I danced away from you, maybe there's a way, you can see me freely, wiping clean the slate, allowing my release?

Thursday 21 May 2020

Liv

She laughs and hums a tune, says it's stupid to lie, this is what she does, a dog from its bone, you don't want a fight, just leave her alone, the elephant in the room, she gives another sigh, teenagers make her blue, always late to home, their ask a constant why, worries if they roam, like stepping in doo doo, she’s sick of denying, what is left to rue, guilty people do atone, but this same snuffled exercise, is like a runny nose, says it’s because of you, hand open to the sky, what is she to do, take up flying?

Wednesday 20 May 2020

Francine Two

Brilliant stones, tinsel your name, waters shift and groan, is trouble all you need, solace every day, makes sure you never feel, totally alone, cafe's swell with rain, it’s best not to moan, hold onto your creed, don't fall for gain, take holidays by the sea, sunshine’s good for bones, try to stay sane, no one really condones, this bird with needs, it's not lame, to sing that she’s free, just watch me go, to dance amongst flames, how the wind slows, love without pain.

Tuesday 19 May 2020

Francine Three

Says I’m going nowhere, won’t stay afloat, paints my face dead slow, scrapes away at bone, has an Italian home, is always on the go, knows I’ve suffered you know, Paris and New York, but keep a cheerful tone, since our time in Rome, men with iPhones, crowd around my door, you should have seen Palermo, Linguini exorbitant loans, I really did glow, but where in his show, do I throw away my soul, everyone I meet’s called Joe, another twist of the rope, I'm better than this dope, who hasn't got a hope, what he calls our home.

Monday 18 May 2020

Francine

Times we ought to share, a yellow light of feasting, brings us dreams of elsewhere, let others condone, that passing daydream, of broken homes, more than any flair, she'll do what's needed, doesn’t need the stairs, to hear love's angry tones, sink around her knees, like broken water, it really isn’t fair, she knows what she's leaving, the duties of care, a used loading stone, she stands by the sea, swears that it's over, at play or in prayer, she cries when released, wonder if I'll dare, s say run away with me.

Sunday 17 May 2020

Jay Three

Who knows if she's right, if I’m just skimming, could be all me eye, like the river off Burbo Bank, her smile arrives twisting, me a lonely crank, she’ll always love sunlight, knows her own following, did someone make her sigh, lungs open like a tank, she understands my limits, where everyone wears black, next to me like a bride, her eyes moist and filling, always asks the constant why, tobacco blonde dank, I erase life by swimming, why go blank, she dances in the tide, her fame is just beginning, nails me with that smile, fresh, alive, winning.